And a bit of a wake-up call for Lancaster Country Day senior Julia Casselbury.

Casselbury came out a district champion for the third straight time, but Wyomissing's Audrey Ann Blakely had her on the ropes in their 3-AA singles final.

Saturday, Casselbury came ready and prepared to face the Wyomissing junior, defeating Blakely 6-2, 6-0 at Hershey Racquet Club for her third straight PIAA Class AA championship, matching the mark of Blakely's sister, Martha, who won titles from 2005-2007.

Casselbury, who did not play high school tennis as a freshman, completed a perfect career, winning every match she played.

Both players agreed Casselbury's 7-5, 7-6 (6) district victory likely benefited her more in preparation for their rematch.

Blakely proved she was very capable of defeating the Boston College-bound standout, but now she had to do it. Casselbury, on the other hand, saw Blakely meant business, could analyze their match and come back with an appropriate game plan.

"Going into it, my strategy was to hit deeper, much deeper into the court, and hit a little bit more to her backhand, rather than her forehand, which is her weapon," said Casselbury, who defeated Sewickley's Eva Sung 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals. "And I executed that and it worked for me."

"Julia came out today and knew exactly how to play me," said Blakely, who reached the final with a 6-3, 6-3 semifinal win over Harriton's Hannah Drayton. "She played exactly the way she needed to and didn't even flirt with any game plan that I could handle.

"And I just wasn't quite on, getting up to short balls. Anyone could see it, I wasn't quite polished today like I was three weeks ago."

In their district final, Blakely served and won the first game of the match. It was the first game Casselbury lost all season, according to Blakely.

"I kind of shocked her a little," Blakely said.

Not Saturday.

Casselbury played a steadier match. She never appeared shaken on any of the left-handed Blakely's missile forehands as she may have three weeks earlier.

And the power game wasn't nearly as consistent from Blakely.

"I'm pretty sure I had more winners," Blakely said. "And I had more unforced errors. When she won the point it was usually from my error because I was trying to close it (the point) out."

Casselbury won the first four games. After Blakely won her only two, including a service break, Casselbury broke back and then closed out the set.

Two double-faults in the opening game of the second set, including at game point, set the tone for the final set.

“Even though the score wasn’t too close, every single point was so hard fought,” said Casselbury. “There is definitely no easy match here because everyone here is good, but I wasn’t especially nervous coming in because I know that if I execute my game plan going into it, then I’ll probably succeed. And it worked.”

Unfortunately, Blakely’s season might only be remembered for her loss in Saturday’s final.

“It’s kind of tough that this is the only thing that everybody looks at, but I am proud of where I finished,” said Blakely.

It was somewhat of a breakout season for Blakely, who, before this year, just couldn't come up with that signature win against players the likes of Casselbury and four-time Berks champion Cara Wirth of Wilson.

But she had several marquee wins this season, including Friday's three-set comeback over Brownsville's Sarah Shashura that ultimately got her out of the first round for the first time and to Saturday's medal stand, where she hadn't stood before.

You could even say her loss to Casselbury three weeks ago was a victory of sorts, a confidence booster.

"I'm predicting that next year is going to be Audrey Ann's year," said Casselbury. "She's been working so hard. She's such a tough opponent and she works so hard every match.